Writer&#39;s aid



July 8, 1969 l. D. KUHLMAN 3,453,751

WRITERS AID Original Filed Aug. 16, 1965 United States Patent O 3,453,751 WRITERS AID Irene Dorsey Kuhlman, 121 S. Osage St., Sedalia, Mo. 65301 Filed Sept. 8, 1966, Ser. No. 578,427 Int. Cl. B431 15/00 U.S. CI. 35-36 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An aid for influencing the arm of a person to correct penamanship position, particularly for beginners, comprising a wrist strap having the usual buckle and cooperating spaced holes, two spaced longitudinally extending groups of holes in the strap, and a headed fastener, or the like, mounted through a selected hole in each group for bracketing the wrist of a user and engageable with a paper when the users arm is flat on the paper and in correct position.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED INVENTION It consists of a preforated strap to be attached to the wrist, the strap having two mounded pieces of cork at either side of the wrists curvature to keep the wrist flat at all times, thus keeping the wrist, fingers, and forearm relaxed so as to aid in forming smooth and legible alphabetic and numerical characters.

The strap itself is holed several times at one end for proper individual adjustment, with a buckle at the other end much like a belt or shoe strap. Within the strap but away from the middle are larger perforations or holes to be used for the insertion of cotter pins such as commonly used in the fastening together of legal papers. These pins hold papers together by placing the pointed ends in the opening with the head of the pins larger than the opening. The ends of the pins are bent outward in opposite directions to hold the material fir-mly together.

To apply the cotter pins to use in the Writers Aid, the cotter pins are to be inserted at the exact point where the wrist curves. The ends of the cotter pins are pushed through the rounded piece of cork and are fastened Within the cork by opening the ends in opposite directions. The cork itself while approximately one-half inch in diameter and one-half inch thick on the outer area, is only approximately one-quarter inch thick on the inside where the cotter pin is to be opened up, so as not to have the hard surface of the pin on the writing table or surface.

Several holes or perforations for the insertion of the cotter pins are on the strap so as to adjust the pieces of cork on the exact curvature of the individual wearers wrist.

This and other objects and advantages of my proposed invention will more fully appear from the following description and drawing in which:

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES OF THE DRAWING FIGURE 1 is a view of a hand holding a pencil in writting position, the present novel writers wrist strap being on the wrist, the near cork member being shown;

FIGURE 2 is a view of the strap in flat position, less cork members;

3,453,75 1 Patented July 8, 1969 FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary view illustraing a cork member secured to the strap;

FIGURE 4 is a view of a closed cotter pin;

FIGURE 5 is a view of the cotter pin of FIGURE 4, opened; and

FIGURE 6 is an enlarged view of the cork member, showing engagement of the cotter pin.

More particularly considering the drawings, the invention includes a strap 1 which is to be attached to the wrist. At one end is the buckle 2 and at the other end, small holes or perforations 3 which fit into the buckles 2 hook to hold strap snugly in place on the wrist. Away from the middle of the strap 1 on either side are larger perforations or holes 4 into which cotter pins 5 fit at the point where the curvature of the wrist occurs. The point of insertion of the cotter pins '5 varies with the width of the individuals wrist. When inserted, these cotter pins 5 fit into pieces of rounded cork 7 which have been holed to receive the cotter pins 5.

The pieces of round cork 7 have cutouts inside, so that the length outside is greater than the length in the middle. This enables the cotter pins 5 to be opened up by bending the ends 6 outward in opposite directions and holding the cork securely in place without marring any surface on which the writing is being done.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED IN- VENTION WITH REFERENCE TO THE DRAWING In use, the strap is placed around the wrist and fastened so as to be comfortable and snug. The cotter pins 5 have already been inserted at the desired points of wrist curvature and the cork 7 penetrated by the pins 5 and bent outward so as to be secure. This makes the wrist necessarily parallel to the writing surface and in such a position writing has a tendency to become smooth and legible when practiced in such a manner over a. period of time. The corks are strategically positioned so as to keep the wrist fiat on the writing surface and not at any angle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device for training a person, particularly a child, in penmanship comprising, in combination, a flexible supporting member adapted to be removably mounted on the writing arm of a user, means for removably mounting said member on the writing arm of the user, and warning means on said flexible supporting member adapted to engage the writing surface beside the writing arm of the user when the writing arm of the user is in proper writing position on the writing surface and to react against the writing arm of the user and the writing surface as a warming when the writing arm of the user is not in proper writing position, said warning means including two spaced members carried on the flexible supporting member and engageable with the writing surface over which the arm of the user moves, said spaced members bracketing between them the users arm and permitting simultaneous engagement of the writing surface by the writing arm of the user and the two spaced members: when the writing arm is properly positioned.

2. The combination of claim 1 in which said warning members are adjustable along the flexible supporting memher.

3. The combination of claim 1 in which each warning member is an element removably and adjustably maintained on the flexible supporting member by a cotter pin element.

References Cited FOREIGN PATENTS 4,014 12/1833 France.

23,217 9/1930 Australia. UNITED STATES PATENTS 4/1911 Reynolds et aL 5 ROY D. FRAZIER, Primary Examiner 6/ 1870 Cristy 248118.5 ABRAHAM FRANKEL, Assistant Examiner 10/1896 McAusland 248188.9

9/ 1902 Rockwell 248118.5 US. Cl. X.R. 3/1930 Volhner 248-1889 248118.5 

